Mexican front runner presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has surrounded himself with economists with mainstream credentials such as Gerardo Esquivel, a Harvard PhD who has consulted for the United Nations and the World Bank. Esquivel is one of those tasked with easing fears among the entrepreneurial class.
“What is being proposed is to seek a better-adjusted balance between the activities of the state and the market,” Esquivel said. “What we learned in these years is that the retreat of the state from economic activity and leaving everything to the market caused mediocre economic growth and poverty.”
Lopez Obrador promises there will be no expropriations or nationalizations, and says reviews of contracts under the energy reform would seek only to guarantee they were not won through corruption.
Prominent historian Enrique Krauze, who in 2006 wrote a scathing essay that labeled Lopez Obrador a “tropical messiah,” appears resigned to a Lopez Obrador presidency and of late seems more concerned with ensuring other institutions can rein in his more radical instincts.
“Let us vote for the presidential candidate who convinces us, but let us take care that the next president does not have a majority in Congress,” Krauze said in a video released last week. “Congress is the principal dam of containment to limit the absolute power of a president.”
So far Lopez Obrador’s lead over his rivals, positions the man as the front runner in the polls…
Click here for full article on FOX NEWS
Comments
more recommended stories
According to Mexican businessmen, the Maya Train project will only be profitable for Quintana Roo and YucatánIn spite of the planning of.
2018 Merida’s International Festival of the Maya Culture has been cancelledThe State Government reported that it.
Organic products are becoming more popular in MéridaEveryday, more and more companies offer.
Local transport companies will invest 250 million pesos in new Cancun-Tulum MetrobusIn order to cover the growing.
While Venezuelans suffer and die of hunger, Maduro eats at one of the most expensive restaurants in the world (VIDEO)A viral video showing Venezuelan president Nicolás.
Tulum’s “La Calma” Ecoresort master plan rejected by SemarnatOn September 12th, the environmental organization.
Organ donation culture increases in YucatanSeptember 17, 2018 (ACOM) .- The.
New air route Merida-VillahermosaViva Aerobus, Mexico’s ultra-low-cost airline, with.
Criminology expert warns about possible increase of organized crime activity in Yucatán“Poverty levels in the state of.
Canadian and American citizens visited SSP facility in MéridaCanadian and American citizens residing in.
Leave a Comment